Mangalore, Oct 30, 2013 : Several students as well as their parents staged a protest in front of a training institute of Kulshekhar alleging that the institute had cheated students after collecting hefty fees and promising jobs in the army.

It has been alleged that the firm named The Academy of Career Guidance had collected fees ranging from Rs 30,000 to Rs 1.2 lakhs from several students after promising clerical and technical posts in the Indian Army.
Manoj PD of Sakleshpur who was one among the protestors has alleged that even eight months after paying the fees, there was no sight of job. In another case, Chennayya, a daily wager too had admitted his son Manjunath BC to this institute by paying Rs 50,000. Even the reimbursement cheque issued by the firm has bounced, he said.
Meanwhile, Dalita Sangharsha Samithi leader S.P.Dayananda has alleged that the Trust Chairman named Santosh Kumar S has threatened him and also made an attempt to attack him through rowdies just because the Samithi along with Samatha Sainik Samithi of Hassan had stood in support of the victims.